H.E.G.R.A. High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy By: Lisa Busing.

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H.E.G.R.A. High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy By: Lisa Busing

Purpose Gaining more accurate data on Gamma Rays to answer questions about where they come from.

Universities and Institutes Hamburg University Kiel University Wuppertal University Madrid University Max Planck Institutes for Nuclear Physics Yerevan Physics Institute

Where is it Located?

Detectors Scintillators- detects electromagnetic particles Geiger Towers- detects muons and calorimetric measurement of electromagnetic particles Cherenkov Telescopes- detects Cherenkov light

Main Goals & Points H.E.G.R.A. Gamma Rays Germany, Spain, and Armenia

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